Monday, May 27, 2013

One of our BC SDA members, Katherine Soucie of Sans Soucie Clothing and
Textile Design, will be presenting at this year’s SDA conference in San Antonio, Texas
(coming up soon!). Here is the catalogue description of her talk – bound to be
fascinating:

The Art of Zero Waste

The (zero.O.lab) serves as an incubator for artists, designers and creative thinkers to work collaboratively within the community to help
redefine fashion in the 21st century through zero waste art and design concepts
and practices.

This lab was established in 2010 as a part of my thesis research
project at EmilyCarrUniversity
of Art and Design. My presentation will focus upon successful collaborations where the role of textiles, art and
zero waste were implemented to create discussion
and build community.

She will also be selling her work at the conference Trunk Show. She is making a limited edition set of scarves and shawls to sell at this event that she will donate proceeds from as well.

For more info on the SDA conference, click here. You do need to be a member of the Surface Design Association to attend.

Katherine
and her work have been featured in lots of magazines, such as freshlyWorn(click on the title then the preview button and go to the pages with Katherine’s article. Below is a page from the article.)

There seems to be no end to Katherine's accomplishments, including completing a Master's degree this year, but currently one of her projects is to help save the Textile Arts program at Capilano University in North Vancouver. She recently announced that she will donate half the proceeds from sales of her most recent collection to saving the programs. Check out the article here in the Georgia Straight newspaper; also click on the link here to her website with the relevant info under Upcoming Events on the right-hand side of the page.